2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coffs Harbour - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Coffs Harbour - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Coffs Harbour - South consist of just one person, creating a landscape where smaller living arrangements are common. This trend makes the area stand out compared to the rest of the state, with a high proportion of single-person homes and one-parent families.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Coffs Harbour - South — lower than 71% of areas.
| Coffs Harbour - South | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2450, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. A striking 34.6% of people live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
34.6% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coffs Harbour - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a significant part of the local mix, alongside couples with children who make up 47.1% of families.
19.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coffs Harbour - South, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Coffs Harbour - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021085/coffs-harbour-south/topic/family-households